1 Samuel 17:1

David y Goliat

1 Los filisteos reunieron sus ejércitos para la guerra, concentrando sus fuerzas en Soco, pueblo de Judá. Acamparon en Efesdamín, situado entre Soco y Azeca.

1 Samuel 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:1

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,
&c.] Josephus ^F19 says this was not long after the things related in the preceding chapter were transacted; and very probably they had heard of the melancholy and distraction of Saul, and thought it a proper opportunity of avenging themselves on Israel for their last slaughter of them, and for that purpose gathered together their dispersed troops:

and were gathered together at Shochoh,
which belongeth to Judah; a city of the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:35 ) , which shows that, notwithstanding their last defeat, they had great footing in the land of Israel, or however had penetrated far into it in this march of theirs:

and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah;
which were both in the same tribe, and near one another, of which (See Gill on Joshua 10:10), (See Gill on Joshua 15:35).

in Ephesdammim;
which, by an apocope of the first letter, is called Pasdammim, ( 1 Chronicles 11:13 ) which the Jews ^F20 say had this name because there blood ceased.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 1.
F20 Midrash Ruth, fol. 48. 2. Kimchi in loc.

1 Samuel 17:1 In-Context

1 Los filisteos reunieron sus ejércitos para la guerra, concentrando sus fuerzas en Soco, pueblo de Judá. Acamparon en Efesdamín, situado entre Soco y Azeca.

2 Por su parte, Saúl y los israelitas se reunieron también y, acampando en el valle de Elá, ordenaron sus filas para la batalla contra los filisteos.

3 Con el valle de por medio, los filisteos y los israelitas tomaron posiciones en montes opuestos.

4 Un famoso guerrero, oriundo de Gat, salió del campamento filisteo. Su nombre era Goliat, y tenía una estatura de casi tres metros.

5 Llevaba en la cabeza un casco de bronce, y su coraza, que pesaba cincuenta y cinco kilos, también era de bronce,